Illinois man arraigned on large drug bust in Berrien County

December 05, 2009|Tribune Staff Report

Story was first posted at 1:01 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 5, 2009. ST. JOSEPH -- An Illinois man is in the Berrien County Jail on a $2 million bond after police found more than $1 million in heroin and cocaine in his minivan, prosecutors said. Antonio Rodriquez, 44, was arraigned on Thursday on one count of possession with intent to deliver more than 1,000 grams of cocaine and one count of possession with intent to deliver more than 1,000 grams of heroin, the Berrien County Prosecutor's Office said. Michigan State Police with the Paw Paw Post stopped Rodriquez's vehicle on Tuesday morning for a traffic violation on Interstate 94 near Sawyer Road in Sawyer. During a search of the vehicle police found the wrapped-up drugs in a hidden compartment under the floorboard where the rear seats could be removed, Sgt. Richard Dragomer, of the Paw Paw Post, said.